Researchers have concluded that solar and wind energy projects carried in southern Morocco could increase rain and vegetation in the Sahara. The study released on Friday says that energy generation will reduce carbon emissions and thus mitigate anthropogenic climate change.
Russia expressed its position on the Western Sahara conflict on Wednesday, backing the relaunching of direct negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario. Moscow, however, wants Algeria and Mauritania to be part of the talks.
It is hard to believe that during his visit to Rabat, the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union did not talk to Moroccan officials about the Sahara conflict just three weeks before the Mauritania summit.
Algeria has reacted to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita’s recent accusations. In its response, the Algerian Foreign Ministry condemned Bourita’s statement without referring to the Kingdom.
Minister delegate for relations with parliament and civil society, and the government spokesperson attended Saturday in Laayoune a conference organized by the Forum of international alternatives. Yabiladi’s team was there and had the chance to ask Mustapha El Khalfi about the situation in the Sahara.
On the 21st of March, the European Commission pledged to integrate Saharan waters in the next fisheries agreement with Morocco. A decision that goes hand in hand with the EU companies’ will.